Ok so I've got rid of my big pram that was taking up too much room in our car - and now I want a stroller.
I've been looking at the Maclaren Quest Sport stroller, and it looks super nice - but just wondering if anyone actually has one? Is it big? By the looks of the pics on the net it looks pretty clunky.
I want something that is basically the same size as the crappy $30 you get from target/kmart, but much higher in quality of course! It has to last through both DD's so I want it to be pretty hardwearing too.
I have a techno, the next model up but they're pretty much the same....macs are definitely a lot bigger than the target 'dolly' strollers (they just remind me of the one I had for my dolls when I was little!) but they aren't heavy maybe 8kgs with all the hoods and everything. Very sturdy, but you can't really hang things off them...bags etc, they topple very easily! I went from an emmaljunga to a mac....so much lighter and easier to steer!
I have a Bugaboo and it was taking up too much boot space for pushing a toddler so I bought a Maclaren Quest Mod in the Black/Pea Green colourway. It's fantastic. DS (almost 2) fell asleep in there last week, the recline is that good, but it's hard to access the basket underneath if it's on full recline, as is the case with most strollers I guess.
I think babies from 3 months can be in it so I'll use it with next baby too once they are out of the Bug bassinette attachment. Ours stays in the boot of our car.
oohh good thread, and will be watching this one closely, we are looking at the maclaren's too, we need something small like those 'dolly' strollers because our car boot is tiny when the back seats are up and with a baby on the way we have to have a pram to put her in, and these look like the best option, I am going to head to a baby shop and try them out with our back seats up so I can actually see how they fit, fingers crossed they do LOL
Sort of related - I'm going to be getting a double stroller when this baby comes because DD will only be 18 months and she is a bolter so I need her restrained.
Our big pram with the toddler seat takes up far too much room in our car as well, and with the new seatbelt laws being by age rather than weight DS can't be in a sash belt for another 6 months so will have to go in the 3rd row, losing more boot space.
I wanted the Maclaren but we are going for the Steelcraft instead. Mainly because of the price - it is several hundred dollars cheaper than the Maclaren ($260 vs approx $700)...and DH is tall and the Steelcraft handles are longer so he is more comfortable pushing it. We only have a cheapie Childcare single stroller at the moment from Target and it is too short for him to push. Admittedly I didn't have a real good look at the Maclaren handles because DH was all over the Steelcraft for the price and when he felt the height of the handles he was even happier.
I asked the saleslady if the extra money for the Maclaren was worth it and she said that definitely, the quality was there but there was nothing wrong with the Steelcraft. I said that this was our last baby so I didn't really care if we ran it into the ground and she said, oh definitely get the Steelcraft then.
Maclaren is prettier though!
ETA: I can definitely tell the Steelcraft is much higher quality than our cheapie Childcare, I just realised I made the Steelcraft sound like crap LOL.
Last edited by Curly; April 7th, 2010 at 01:48 PM.
Thumbs up for the Vogue! Once I mastered how to open and close it (novice umbrella stroller user), I fell in love with it. It's great, light, sturdy and easy to use. And if you do get one, I have a spare hinge cover to give away.
Maclaren stroller - opinions?
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